How to Draw Large Limestone Walls

Posted by Yasser Mahmoud We were excited to begin drawing Standing Wall Island’s “jumble of limestone and mud brick walls” (SWI) (see Simon Davis’ “Standing Wall Island” blog post). In the beginning we couldn’t believe ourselves to...

Standing Wall Island

Posted by Simon Davis Two weeks down, five to go and we haven’t even started digging yet! Well actually three weeks down now as we spent the last week under curfew and not able to work. We are at the end of our second week of work at Standing Wall Island (SWI)...

Welcome to the 2011 Giza season

Posted by Mohsen Kamel and Ana Tavares, joint-Field Directors We have just started excavations again at Giza, after a hiatus last year. During this busy hiatus we prepared material for publications, held an Analysis and Publication Field-School in Giza and a second...